Habeas corpus – Confrontation

Where a petitioner, who was convicted of 21 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault against his two stepchildren, four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of indecent exposure and lewdness, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, an order denying the petition should be affirmed despite the petitioner’s assertion that the state trial court violated his rights under the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause by prohibiting him from cross-examining his stepchildren regarding their accusations that he had also abused their younger siblings.